Fazal Sheikh
Borana War Widow, Darmi Halake Gilo, Ethiopian Refugee Camp, Walda, Kenya

Borana War Widow, Darmi Halake Gilo, Ethiopian Refugee Camp, Walda, Kenya

© Fazal Sheikh

Borana War Widow, Darmi Halake Gilo, Ethiopian Refugee Camp, Walda, Kenya
Borana War Widow, Darmi Halake Gilo, Ethiopian Refugee Camp, Walda, Kenya
ArtistAmerican, born 1965
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Borana War Widow, Darmi Halake Gilo, Ethiopian Refugee Camp, Walda, Kenya
  • from the series A Sense of Common Ground
Date1993, printed 2016
Place depictedWalda, Kenya
MediumInkjet print
DimensionsImage: 24 7/16 × 19 in. (62 × 48.2 cm)
 Sheet: 35 15/16 × 26 1/4 in. (91.3 × 66.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Jane P. Watkins
Object number2017.38
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Photography
Special Collections
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist; [Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2017.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Additional back label, signed and titled in ink, stored in the accession file:
DARI HALAKE GILO / BORANA WAR WIDOW / ETHIOPIAN REFUGEE CAMP / WALDA, KENYA 1993 / © (signature)

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